NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has said that the government is working on the possibility of providing unemployment benefits for Nigerians participating in its ongoing 3 Million Technical Training (3MTT) program.
This Nigeria news platform understands that Tijani disclosed this on Thursday as he announced the selection of 270,000 fellows for the second cohort of the program.
The Minister said the idea of the unemployment benefits for participants was at the behest of President Bola Tinubu, who is deeply committed to the program.
According to him, the 3MTT program is based on the President’s promise of creating 2 million digital jobs.
While noting that the country is now building the emerging talent for the workforce that the world requires to be able to power the application of technology, the Minister said:
Tijani further disclosed that a significant number of fellows in the first cohort of the program are now being placed into jobs as interns all over the country.
Beyond that, he said all the fellows from the first phase are now at a stage where they will be participating in hackathons within their states to put what they’ve learned into practice; working together with their peers, and building solutions that can showcase their expertise.
The Minister said a total of 270,000 young and old Nigerians have been selected as fellows for the second cohort of the program, bringing it to 10% after the first 30,000. The program is targeting to train 3 million Nigerians and according to the Minister applications so far received stood at about 1.8 million.
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